Indiana State University: innovative programs that will make an impact in Indiana and beyond.

Indiana State University provides tomorrow's leaders and innovators with the valuable hands-on research, lab and field experiences they need to succeed. Whether graduating with a bachelor's degree or a doctorate, our students enter the workplace with the kind of strength, wisdom and confidence that only a well-rounded education provides.

We are committed to provide our future leaders with innovative programs that will make an impact in Indiana and beyond.

ISU has just unveiled a curriculum to respond to the needs of the motor-sports industry--an area of growing importance, economically and otherwise, to the state of Indiana and the nation.

Three ISU colleges (business, health and human performance, and technology) will collaboratively deliver a motorsports minor, beginning this fall, which will focus on motorsports management. It will draw upon the collective expertise of ISU faculty in these colleges and will complement a variety of degrees on campus.

There's more to the industry than just driving a car or other motorized vehicle in competition. Motorsports careers run from one end of the spectrum to the other. Occupations such as vehicle design, building, maintenance, management and promotion as well as the creation, financing, management and promotion of facilities, products and services in support of these competitions make up this exciting industry.

The minor will include 21 credit hours of required and elective courses, including everything from "Introduction to Risk and Insurance" to "Legal Environment of Business" to "Marketing Applications in Sports" to "Introduction to Automotive Engines,' among others. Besides creating an educated workforce, ISU is providing valuable lessons for Hoosier school children to take into adulthood.

ISU's Networks Financial Institute (NFI) utilizes an interactive classroom on wheels to educate kids about money.

The "Kids Count on the Money Bus"--or the "Money Bus," for short--is a visual, hands-on way of exposing young students, particularly in grades three through five, to financial concepts, such as saving and spending wisely, managing financial accounts, using...